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• The true Christian hero will appear in the cause of Christ, not only when it is prevailing, but when it seems to be declining; (he) will be on the right side, though it be not the rising side.

  Matthew Henry

  Christian, Hero, Rising

  Matthew Henry, J.B Williams (1828). “Exposition of the Old and New Testament”, p.679

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• The beauty of holiness is that which the grave, that consumes all other beauty, cannot touch, or do any damage to.

  Matthew Henry

  Holiness, Damage, Graves

  Matthew Henry, Leslie F. Church (1992). “The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition”, p.2921, Harper Collins

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• Esther came to a proud imperious man; we come to the God of love and grace.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Grace, Proud

  Matthew Henry, Leslie F. Church (1992). “The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition”, p.2390, Harper Collins

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• That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it, which will waste it; and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to the sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Ill Will, Way

  Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.863

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• There are remains of great and good men, which, like this mantle, ought to be gathered up and preserved by the survivors, their sayings, their writings, their examples, that, as their works follow them in the reward of them, they may stay behind in the benefit of them.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Good Man, Survivor

  "An Exposition of the Old and New Testaments".

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• Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Done, Ill

  Matthew Henry, Thomas Scott (1834). “A commentary upon the holy Bible: Isaiah to Malachi”, p.454

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• Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.

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• Grace in the soul is heaven in that soul.

  Matthew Henry

  Heaven, Grace, Soul

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• Men may die like lambs and yet have their place forever with the goats.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Forever, Lambs

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• Nature is content with little; grace with less; but lust with nothing.

  Matthew Henry

  Grace, Lust, Littles

  Matthew Henry (2016). “Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes”, p.80, Bible Study Books

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• No creature hath the like resemblance to the divine nature, as light hath. He doth not only dwell in light, but he is light. Light is a pure, bright, clear, spiritual, unmixed substance. God is infinitely so.

  Matthew Henry

  Spiritual, Light, Substance

  Matthew Henry (1833). “The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Matthew Henry: Containing in Addition to Those Heretofore Published, Numerous Sermons Now First Printed from the Original Mss. : an Appendix on what Christ is Made to Believers,in Forty Real Benefits,by Philip Henry... : Funeral Sermons for Mr. and Mrs. Henry, by the Rev. Matthew Henry : Funeral Sermons on Mr. Matthew Henry, by W. Tong, John Reynolds, and Dr. Williams”

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• Why wilt thou be so sottish, such an enemy to thyself, as to prefer puddle-water, and that poisoned too and stolen, before pure living waters out of thy own well?

  Matthew Henry

  Water, Enemy, Puddles

  Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.819

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• We cannot expect too little from man nor too much from God.

  Matthew Henry

  Men, Littles, Too Much

  Matthew Henry (1712). “An Account of the Life and Death of Mr. Philip Henry, Minister of the Gospel, Near Whitchurch in Shropshire, who Dyed June 24, 1696 in the Sixty Fifth Year of His Age: With Dr. Bates's Dedication”, p.91

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• ...When we are waiting upon God to bless us, we should stir up ourselves to bless him.

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  Waiting, Bless, Should

  Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.769

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• It is more to the honor of a Christian by faith to overcome the world, than by monastical vows to retreat from it; more for the honor of Christ to serve him in the city, than to serve him in the cell.

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  Christian, Cities, Cells

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• Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.

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  Greatness, Goodness, Valuable

  Matthew Henry, J.B Williams (1828). “Exposition of the Old and New Testament”, p.788

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• All this and heaven too.

  Matthew Henry

  Attitude, Heaven

  Attributed

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• It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.

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  Business, Hands, Firsts

  Matthew Henry “An Exposition of the New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents ...”

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• Blushing is the colour of virtue.

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  Virtue, Blushing, Colour

  Matthew Henry, Leslie F. Church (1992). “The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition”, p.4304, Harper Collins

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• So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

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  Pain, Sigh, Anguish

  Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.24

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• Though we must never think to learn above our Bible, as long as we are here in this world, yet we must still be getting forward in it.

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  Thinking, Long, World

  Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.4

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• No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.

  Matthew Henry

  Given, Remedy, Wounds

  Matthew Henry (2016). “Bible Commentary - Genesis”, p.101, Bible Study Books

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• Their own second and sober thoughts.

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  Sober

  Matthew Henry (1839). “An Exposition of the Old and New Testament: Wherein Each Chapter is Summed Up in Its Contents: Job-Solomon's Song. 1839”, p.43

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• He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

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  Sweet, Tongue

  'An Exposition of the Old and New Testament' (1710) Psalm 36, v. 2, gloss 1

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• They that die by famine die by inches.

  Matthew Henry

  Hunger, Inches, Famine

  An Exposition on the Old and New Testament Psalm 59 (1710)

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